raft

raft
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[[t]ræft, rɑft[/t]]
n.
1) naut. navig. a more or less rigid floating platform made of buoyant materials:
an inflatable rubber raft[/ex]
2) naut. navig. a collection of logs, planks, casks, etc., fastened together for floating on water
3) naut. navig.
life raft
4) bui a slab of reinforced concrete providing a footing on yielding soil, usu. for a whole building
5) naut. navig. to transport on a raft
6) naut. navig. to form (logs or the like) into a raft
7) naut. navig. to travel or cross by raft
8) gel (of an ice floe) to transport (embedded organic or rock debris) from the shore out to sea
9) naut. navig. to use a raft; go or travel on a raft
Etymology: 1250–1300; ME rafte, perh. < ON raptr rafter I II
raft
[[t]ræft, rɑft[/t]] n. Informal.
inf a great quantity; a lot
Etymology: 1825–35; var. of raff in sense “large number” (ME: abundance)

From formal English to slang. 2014.

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